charlie2479

Well i am glad i am not the only one that loves them, i can't wait to pair mine up and see the chicks that they have.ohh and i named them the other day, the fisrt grey in the pics in Roxy the albino Penny, the green is Jorgan and the other grey is Amelia, 28 days and counting till they can meet the boys

I checked all the bands on my birds that have them, all start with SA then 4 have a triangle and a 7 at right angles followed by a 4digit number, they are all green so I am guessing they are all from last year, do you think it will be okay to breed them this year? the other 2 have blue bands with SA -4 then a four digit number so i am guessing they are from 2004 which will be fine for the cock but what about the hen? Thanks Charlie

Thanks for that Liv, i named them all last nite, the albine is Penny, the green is Jordan, the grey with lots of black around her neck is Roxy and the other grey is Amelia ( all are club size which is what i want to breed) i got them from the SA Bird Company 440 Main North Rd Blaire Athol, I nearly came home with another grey cock but i ran out of money, they had alot of the green and olive green and a few others that i would have liked. Charlie The SA bird company is a good place I was hoping you hadn't been to the "other place" on the MN Road in pooraka - THAT PLACE IS NASTY !!!!! Thanks for the tip, i had been there but the guy said that none of the birds he had were any good so he would call me when the next lot came in, but now you have said that I wont go again

Hi was just wondering if it would be okay to try and pair one of my pet size cocks (Fred Astair) with one of my club size hens (Jordan) i have mixed Fred with a green before and got some beautiful babies alot like him, but am worried about the size diference, also if i did and it worked what size would the chicks be? Thanks Charlie

Thanks for that Liv, i named them all last nite, the albine is Penny, the green is Jordan, the grey with lots of black around her neck is Roxy and the other grey is Amelia ( all are club size which is what i want to breed) i got them from the SA Bird Company 440 Main North Rd Blaire Athol, I nearly came home with another grey cock but i ran out of money, they had alot of the green and olive green and a few others that i would have liked. Charlie

thanks for that Elly

thanks to everyone that answered my questions regaring ring colour, it was very helpful Charlie2479

Thanks for that Elly and yep they are quarantined, i never did this before but i guess if i am going to get serious then i will follow the advice i get from people in the know. They have their own cage but is it okay to have them in the same room as other birds?

I guess so, how can you tell? i also got some more hens today with green rings, do you know what year that is?

Hi, just would like to know what i can expect if i put my greys with other colours like green or albino? charlie2479

Hi everyone, i got alittle excited to day while out on the hunt for mates for my boys (pics in My flock) and came home with 4 new ladies. I haven't named them yet but here they are I know that they are not as pretty as some other colours but i have fallen in love with the greys, my husband thinks i am mental but says it with a smile and a small shake of his head. Charlie

Hey Liv thanks for that, the Y/F spangle cock i have just named Fred Astaire because he is the smallest,biggest ladies man i have ever come across. I have only managed to breed 6 chicks so have last sumer out of 2 hens and he was dad to them all, wouldn't even give the other boys a look in, not sure if i will use him again though cause i am looking to breed the club size birds from now on and he is tiny compared to Jack. Do you have any suggestions as to what to mix with the others though, i was just going to stick with paoring them with the same colour type but if you have any better ideas i would love to hear them Thanks Charlie

Thanks for that guys, at least now i know what i have. The two scruffy looking ones (i know its a cliche but i am going to call them Tom and Jerry) came from the same hen, they came out of the nest almost bald but did manage grow some feathers eventually, i figured she had either pecked them or I wasn't feeding her right, which i have since found out i wasn't, next time i will get the proper stuff for them. Actually heres a question, if I wasn't feeding my adults right is that why i only got a few chicks? I had another hen that was laying at the same time and despite laying about 8 eggs each clutch she only managed to raise 3 chicks. Thanks again for your help guys Charlie

hey everyone would like to introduce you to my other budgies (i don't have names for them yet, suggestions would be welcome), if any one can give me an idea as to what they are i would be grateful the last one is another of jack and the one before it of the scarggly looking pair are 2 of the ones i bred(unfortunatly their mum had some thing wrong, not sure what cause she looked fine, but the babies turned out abit ruffled) Dad is the green/blue onein picture 2 I still love them they are quite a pair. Well i am off to look at some more, i need to start finding mates for some of them, will let you know if i find anything Charlie

Hi everyone, I have a budgie not long ago with a dark blue ring, does anyone know what year that is? Charlie

Hey everyone here are a couple of pics of Jack (not the best but will try again soon) if you can tell me what he is that would be great thank Charlie

Hi everybody! I am new here so thought I would introduce myself. My name i Charlie, am 29 from adelaide and the mum to 8 budgies. I don't know alot and would love to learn everything i can for you all. My little family consist of 2 hens (one pure white and one dark blue), and 6 cocks, a dark green, a light grey a Green/yellow 2 green/blue (i bred myself) and my pride and joy Jack, a beautiful dark steel grey. As you can probably tell i dont know what type they are yet (this is where you all come in)i have pics of Jack but not the others just yet, hopefully tomorrow, my camera isnt being very helpful at the moment. I will leave it at that for now (don't want to scare everyone with all my questions just yet) hope to talk to you soon Charlie ps i cant seem to get the pics up yet so will try agian later